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Releases for 29 August 2025

The first of 29 August’s blasters is Euro-Country, the new album by CMAT, which features country music blended with classic indie and affirmative soul-pop, combining contradictory themes and moods: wide-eye drama with self-deprecation, but always with humour. Man’s Best Friend is the latest album from multi-hyphenate global popstar Sabrina Carpenter; following her Grammy-winning project Short n’ Sweet, this is Carpenter bigger and and better than ever before. Italian progressive metal duo Asymmetric Universe blends the aggressive intensity of metal with the rich harmonies and improvisational spirit of jazz fusion on A Memory and What Came After – fiercely technical, emotionally resonant, and wholly their own. Parasites & Butterflies is a genre-defying journey by Nova Twins through life’s chaos and beauty, blending hip-hop, punk, rock, pop and electronic influences, balancing turbulence with clarity and vulnerability with strength. Margo Price is back with an exquisite, timeless album, Hard Headed Woman, which is about that furious instinct to never waver – especially when our values and future are so clearly on the line – free of rules, cherishing tradition, hard headed but with a delicate beating heart.

Our release of the week comes from The Hives – the best live band on the planet and still your new favourite band. The Hives Forever Forever The Hives is a body of work the likes of which has never been heard nor probably will again – so full of energy, joy, anger and life that you will be questioning reality as you have known it.

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  • The Hives  The Hives Forever Forever The Hives  CD £11.99 / LP £24.99 / Gold LP £26.99
• International rock sensation The Hives – the best live band on the planet and still your new favourite band, lauded on all continents for their masterful skill and reckless abandon in the rock music field – have once again created a new body of work the likes of which have never been heard or indeed probably will again. The Hives Forever Forever The Hives is so full of energy, joy, anger and life that you will be questioning reality as you have known it. They finally did it: every song a single, every single a hit, every hit a direct hit in the face of the man.
• Note: The LP is initially available on gold vinyl.

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  • CMAT  Euro-Country  CD £13.99 / LP £29.99 / Independent shops exclusive LP £32.99
• It’s almost inconceivable that it’s only five years since the arrival of CMAT. This Brits/Mercury/Ivors-nominated star feels like she’s been part of the culture forever, and what has endeared fans to her heart-sore tunes and humour is her ability to combine contradictory themes and moods: wide-eye drama with self-deprecation. Country music has always been a lynchpin for CMAT, but Euro-Country is country in an augmented, reimagined way. Mixed with classic indie and affirmative soul-pop, it resists the music industry’s desire to pigeonhole artists as one genre.
• Note: The LP is initially available on butterfly-effect clear green and red vinyl with bright yellow splatter, exclusive to independent shops.

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  • Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend  CD £14.99 / LP £34.99
• Man’s Best Friend is the latest album from multi-hyphenate global popstar Sabrina Carpenter. Coming off her Grammy-winning project Short n’ Sweet and numerous multi-platinum singles added to her resumé, the latest from Carpenter features her new single, ‘Manchild’, and is bigger and and better than ever before.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both light blue vinyl and on seafoam green vinyl.

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  • Asymmetric Universe  A Memory and What Came After  CD £12.99 / LP £25.99
• Italian progressive metal duo Asymmetric Universe has carved out a distinct space in the modern instrumental scene with a sound that seamlessly blends the aggressive intensity of metal with the rich harmonies and improvisational spirit of jazz fusion. The band’s debut album, A Memory and What Came After, reflects a refined vision and deeper maturity, as well as a more cohesive and expressive sound. Asymmetric Universe continue to push the boundaries of what instrumental progressive music can be – fiercely technical, emotionally resonant, and wholly their own.
• Note: The LP is initially available on transparent blue and black marble vinyl.

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  • Nova Twins  Parasites & Butterflies  CD £13.99 / LP £26.99
• Nova Twins have risen through the UK’s independent scene to become one of its most transformative acts, rewriting the rules of success and redefining alt.rock music’s future. Their latest album, Parasites & Butterflies, is a genre-defying journey through life’s chaos and beauty, blending hip-hop, punk, rock, pop and electronic influences. Fearless and unflinching, it explores empowerment, identity and mental health, balancing turbulence with clarity and vulnerability with strength.
• Note: The LP is initially available on blue and clear marble vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.

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  • Margo Price  Hard Headed Woman  CD £13.99 / LP £34.99
• For nearly a decade, Margo Price has created a lane where independent-minded, insurgent country music can exist and thrive alongside the mainstream. Now she’s back with an exquisite, timeless album that reconnects with her roots. At its core, Hard Headed Woman is about that furious instinct to never waver – especially when our values and future are so clearly on the line. It’s country music as only Price can make it: free of rules, cherishing tradition, hard headed but with a delicate beating heart.

 

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Releases for 22 August 2025

First out of the blocks on 22 August are Deftones, whose new album, Private Music, is at the same time a psychedelic voyage and a skull-rattling wallop, and the latest peak in a catalogue filled with immersive, emotive triumphs. Bioscope (Marillion’s guitar maestro Steve Rothery and electronic visionary Thorsten Quaeschning) creating a mesmerising journey through light and darkness, memory and imagination on Gentō, which flows like a soundtrack to an unmade film. On The Collapse of Everything, master producer and mixologist Adrian Sherwood pushes his ever-adventurous sound into new frontiers, crossing genre borders and seamlessly fusing a wide range of influences from a lifetime of listening and producing. The epic 16-track Inertia is the first new studio album in 15 years from drum’n’bass royalty Pendulum, and it includes collaborations with Bullet For My Valentine, Scarlxrd, AWOLNATION and Wargasm. A Matter of Time is a beautiful masterpiece of introspection about the anguish that comes with life and love from Laufey, who has captivated a generation with virtuosic songs of love and self-discovery by manifesting her vision of jazz- and classical-infused pop music.

Just pipping Deftones to the title of release of the week is The Clearing, the brand new album from indie-rock titans Wolf Alice. The album reveals where Wolf Alice stand sonically in 2025, delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion.

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  • Wolf Alice  The Clearing  CD £13.99 / LP £28.99
• The Clearing, the brand new album from indie-rock titans Wolf Alice, was written in Seven Sisters and recorded in LA in 2024 with Grammy-winning master producer Greg Kurstin. The Clearing reveals where Wolf Alice stand sonically in 2025, delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion.
• Note: The LP is initially available on bone vinyl.

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  • Deftones  Private Music  CD £13.99 / LP £31.99
• Deftones have carved out an unmistakable sonic identity – ferocious yet dreamlike – while making space for constant refinement and surprise. Now, following a long line of masterpieces including their era-defining debut, Adrenaline, 2000’s White Pony, 2010’s Diamond Eyes and 2020’s Ohms, they return with one of the most focused statements of their career. Meditating on the beauty and peril of nature and visions of a journey beyond the physical realm, Private Music showcases Deftones at their most evolved. At once a psychedelic voyage and a skull-rattling wallop, it’s the latest peak in a catalogue filled with immersive, emotive triumphs.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both clear vinyl and white vinyl.

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  • Bioscope  Gentō  CD + Blu-ray £22.99 / 2-LP £41.99
• Bioscope is a collaborative project from guitar maestro Steve Rothery, founding member of Marillion, who helped define the sound of progressive rock with chart-topping records, and electronic visionary Thorsten Quaeschning, musical director of Tangerine Dream and an acclaimed composer of film and game soundtracks. The first album to emerge from this project is Gentō, the Japanese term for ‘magic lantern’. The album’s music weaves together emotive, melodic guitar work with expansive soundscapes plus an amazing performance by Elbow’s drummer, Alex Reeves, creating a mesmerising journey through light and darkness, memory and imagination and flowing like a soundtrack to an unmade film.

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  • Adrian Sherwood  The Collapse of Everything  CD £13.99 / LP £29.99
• The Collapse of Everything is a meticulously constructed new album from master producer and mixologist Adrian Sherwood, pushing his ever-adventurous sound into new frontiers. Although underpinned by a natural dub sensibility, the music crosses genre borders and seamlessly fuses a wide range of influences from a lifetime of listening and producing. Busy with remix work for pop artists such as Halsey, critically acclaimed dub reconstructions of full albums and producing late-career albums for reggae icons Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Horace Andy (Midnight Rocker was heralded the Guardian’s #1 Global album of 2022), he has not released an album as a solo artist since 2012’s Survival & Resistance.
• Note: The LP is initially available on clear vinyl.

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  • Pendulum  Inertia  CD £12.99 / LP £29.99
• Inertia is the first new studio album in 15 years from drum’n’bass royalty Pendulum, widely considered to be one of the most important electronic bands of all time. Inertia includes tracks from the EPs Elemental (2021) and Anima (2023) and 2024 single ‘Napalm’, which form a key part of the story that culminates in the epic 16-track record. The album features collaborations with Bullet For My Valentine, Scarlxrd, AWOLNATION and Wargasm.
• Note: The LP is initially available on transparent white vinyl.

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  • Laufey  A Matter of Time  CD £14.99 / LP + 7" £32.99
• A Matter of Time is a beautiful masterpiece of introspection about the anguish that comes with life and love from Icelandic-Chinese composer, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey, who has captivated a generation with virtuosic songs of love and self-discovery by manifesting her vision of jazz- and classical-infused pop music. But after becoming the youngest ever recipient of a Grammy for Bewitched, she feels freer than ever to, as she puts it, “let my heart wander.”
• Note: The LP is initially available on autumn rouge vinyl.

 

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Releases for 15 August 2025

The first of our hot picks for 15 August is So Long Little Miss Sunshine, a hybrid of pop, country, rock and flat-picking, plus one murder ballad, on which Molly Tuttle’s virtuoso guitar work takes centre stage more than ever. Maroon 5 have expanded their instantly recognisable sound with a hooky, dynamic and sonically ambitious new album, Love Is Like, which features the percussive, jazz-chord daydream hit ‘Priceless’ (ft. Lisa) and the sax-laced, slap-bass funk-pop single ‘All Night’. Cult band Green Lung draw on a host of peculiarly British musical influences from doomy hard rock to pastoral prog and psych to the Hammer Horror theatrics of the NWOBHM, and the lyrics on Woodland Rites celebrate the folklore, myths and legends of Britain. Freak Out City is the second solo album from Bret McKenzie – best-known for Flight of the Conchords – whose funny, strange and unique songs have been sung by everyone from Kermit the Frog to Lizzo. And finally, Award-winning singer-songwriter Jordan Davis’s new album, Learn the Hard Way, is the follow-up to the platinum-selling Bluebird Days, which produced four consecutive #1 singles.

Our release of the week comes from Alison Goldfrapp, the creative force behind some of the most captivating music of the past 25 years. Her second solo album, Flux, showcases some of her most undeniable pop hooks since the iconic album Supernature, as well as her most poignantly vulnerable songwriting to date.

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  • Alison Goldfrapp  Flux  CD £10.99 / LP £25.99
• Alison Goldfrapp, the creative force behind some of the most captivating music of the past 25 years, releases Flux, her second solo album following 2023’s critically adored The Love Invention. Alison stands on a precipice of new experiences in more ways than one. Launched with the joybomb single ‘Find Xanadu’, the album showcases some of her most undeniable pop hooks since her band Goldfrapp’s iconic album Supernature, as well as her most poignantly vulnerable songwriting to date.
• Note: The LP is initially available on yellow vinyl.

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  • Molly Tuttle  So Long Little Miss Sunshine  CD £13.99 / LP £34.99
• On her new album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine – a hybrid of pop, country, rock and flat-picking, plus one murder ballad – Molly Tuttle goes to a whole new place. Her virtuoso guitar work takes centre stage more than ever on this album; and, for the first time, she introduces her banjo playing into two of her recordings. “I like to be a bit of a chameleon with my music. Keep people guessing and keep it full of surprises.”
• Note: The LP is initially available on baby pink vinyl.

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  • Maroon 5  Love Is Like  CD £14.99 /  £37.99
• Love Is Like, the highly anticipated 8th studio album from Maroon 5, features the percussive, jazz-chord daydream hit ‘Priceless’ (ft. Lisa) and the sax-laced, slap-bass funk-pop single ‘All Night’. Maroon 5 have expanded their instantly recognisable sound with a hooky, dynamic and sonically ambitious new album.
• Note: The LP is initially available on electric blue vinyl.

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  • Green Lung  Woodland Rites  CD £13.99 / LP £29.99
• Cult band Green Lung emerged from London’s heavy rock scene with a self-released 2018 debut EP, Free the Witch. Drawing on a host of peculiarly British musical influences from doomy hard rock to pastoral prog and psych to the Hammer Horror theatrics of the NWOBHM, the band have risen swiftly to the forefront of the UK metal scene. The lyrics on Woodland Rites celebrate the folklore, myths and legends of Britain, conjuring the wild and witchy spirit of the band’s forebears for a new generation.
• Note: The LP is initially available on olive green vinyl.

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  • Bret McKenzie  Freak Out City  CD £13.99 / LP £27.99
• Bret McKenzie is a Grammy- and Academy Award-winning artist best-known for his band Flight of the Conchords and their eponymous television show. McKenzie is internationally renowned for singing and writing funny, strange and unique songs primarily for film and television, and his songs have been sung by everyone from Kermit the Frog to Lizzo. His second solo album, Freak Out City, is made up of songs developed while on the road with his eight-piece band.
• Note: The LP is initially available on light rose vinyl.

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  • Jordan Davis  Learn The Hard Way  CD £13.99 / 2-LP £37.99
• Award-winning singer-songwriter Jordan Davis’s new album, Learn the Hard Way, features 17 tracks, including ‘I Ain’t Sayin’, ‘Know You Like That’ and Bar None’. The new album is the follow-up to his platinum-selling breakthrough album, Bluebird Days, which produced four consecutive No. 1 singles (‘What My World Spins Around’, ‘Tucson Too Late’, ‘Buy Dirt’ and ‘Next Thing You Know’), two of which were awarded ‘Songs of the Year’.

 

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Releases for 8 August 2025

The first of 8 August.’s summer sizzlers is No Rain, No Flowers from rock duo The Black Keys, who consistently continue to create music on their own terms more than two decades into their career, fuelled by instinct, passion and a refusal to settle. Abomination Revealed at Last is a hypnotic, maniacal and propulsive attack on the senses from Osees, a fitting reaction to a world experiencing genocide, environmental collapse, state-sanctioned violence, creeping technocracy and more. Hard-rock band Halestorm dive deeply, both lyrically and sonically, into their mountainous climb over the last couple of decades on Everest, which weaves a tangled web of melancholy, frustration, anger and the vast purgatory of love and love lost. A Certain Ratio’s highly sought-after 1985 album Live in America gets an official release with new artwork – it’s an essential artefact from the band’s career and captures ACR at a thrilling crossroads in their trajectory. Craig David’s latest, Commitment, is a total triumph, imbued with a resounding sense of joy and playfulness, confidence alongside nuance and vulnerability – this is Craig David at his very best.

Our release of the week is Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, the second album from Florida-born multimedia artist Ethel Cain. A prequel to the critically acclaimed Preacher’s Daughter (2022), the album recounts the story of Ethel’s first love and their humid, laden romance, and it cements her position as a singular artistic voice on the rise.

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  • Ethel Cain  Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You  2-LP £29.99
• Florida-born multimedia artist Ethel Cain returns with her second album, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You. A prequel to the critically acclaimed Preacher’s Daughter (2022), the album recounts the story of Ethel’s first love and their humid, laden romance. Hayden Anhedonia, the creative force behind the Ethel Cain project, has spent the past few years assembling the album in her home studios from Coraopolis, PA to Tallahassee, FL, all the while selling out tours and playing festivals worldwide, cementing herself as a singular artistic voice on the rise.

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  • The Black Keys  No Rain, No Flowers  CD £14.99 / LP £34.99
• No Rain, No Flowers, the 13th studio album from Grammy-winning rock duo The Black Keys, delivers an eclectic sound shaped by the energy and spirit of the band’s wildly popular Record Hangs – dance parties where the duo take turns spinning rare but truly potent cuts from their impressive collection of 45s for baying crowds of longtime fans and new converts alike. More than two decades into their career, The Black Keys consistently continue to create music on their own terms, fuelled by instinct, passion and a refusal to settle. No Rain, No Flowers is a testament to the band’s deep commitment to their craft and their enduring creativity.
• Note: The LP is initially available on ruby red vinyl.

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  • Osees  Abomination Revealed at Last  CD £16.99 / LP £33.99
• Abomination Revealed at Last, the latest release from Osees, is a hypnotic, maniacal and propulsive attack on the senses – a fitting reaction to a world experiencing genocide, environmental collapse, state-sanctioned violence, creeping technocracy and more. “Too easily humans forget their humanity. Forgiveness is a dead science. Empathy is viewed as a weakness by cretins. Easier to hate rather than love. Fear and greed have dug their bloody hands into everything. At least now we know who you are. We see you. We defy you. People are under duress. Recognise this abomination. Oppose the oppressor.”

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  • Halestorm  Everest  CD 13.99 / LP £33.99
• Everest, the sixth studio album from Halestorm, the hard-rock band formed by siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale with guitarist Joe Hottinger and bassist Josh Smith, dives deeply, both lyrically and sonically, into the band’s mountainous climb over the last couple of decades. The album weaves a tangled web of melancholy, frustration, anger and the vast purgatory of love and love lost. It is a rollercoaster of epic musical detours, great songwriting and completely unhinged twists and turns. Everest is an auditory representation of the 4 pillars of Halestorm. This is an invitation into their world … if you dare.”
• Note: The LP is initially available on opaque hot pink vinyl.

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  • A Certain Ratio  Live in America  CD £11.99 / Limited edition LP £24.99
• A Certain Ratio’s highly sought-after 1985 live album gets an official release with new artwork. Live in America is an essential artefact from the band’s career, capturing their summer ’85 US tour supporting labelmates New Order across the East Coast and Canada. Originally released on cassette and sold at gigs, this rare gem is now available on CD and vinyl, complete with new artwork and sleeve notes. Compiled from the standout performances of the tour, Live in America spans the band’s early years, capturing ACR at a thrilling crossroads in their trajectory.
• Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition green glass vinyl.

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  • Craig David  Commitment  CD £12.99 / LP £31.99
• Commitment is the ninth full-length record from local boy done good Craig David, and it is a total triumph. Imbued with a resounding sense of joy and playfulness, the 13-track long-player balances a powerful feeling of confidence and ebullience alongside an agile nuance and delicate vulnerability. This is Craig David at his very best.

 

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Releases for 1 August 2025

1 August’s six scorchers start with Special Powers, the fifth studio album from North Sea Radio Orchestra, which features a strong emphasis on melody and chord combined with a clear rhythmic sense, a mixed palette of guitars, strings, wind, various keyboard instruments and percussion. Morgan Wade continues the intense exploration of her psyche’s recesses on The Party Is Over, and, as ever, the results are thrilling. Richard Hawley’s widely revered 2005 album, Coles Corner, gets a special half-speed master edition for its 20th anniversary; his songwriting talents and heart-melting baritone voice are highlighted on an album regarded by many as his best. Renée Rapp’s latest album, Bite Me, encourages listeners to embrace every facet of their personality, the chaotic and the confident, and to be authentically, unapologetically themselves on a raw, unfiltered, vulnerable album about self-acceptance in its truest form. At 24, Texas songwriter Travis Roberts has already battled addiction, buried friends and been homeless, and Rebel Rose, which blurs the lines between roots, punk, folk and power pop, features visceral songwriting and performances that are nothing short of explosive.

Our release of the week is the 25th anniversary pressing of Glastonbury 2000, which documents the full 21-song set of David Bowie’s legendary Sunday-night headline performance at the most famous festival on Earth, including many of his greatest hits.

There are also reissues from Sabres of Paradise, Shaboozey, Elvis Presley, Buddy Guy and Anathema, plus a live 4-LP, 2-CD and Blu-ray from sometime Romsey boy Roger Waters!

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  • David Bowie  Glastonbury 2000 (25th Anniversary)  3-LP £64.99
• Glastonbury 2000 documents David Bowie’s legendary Sunday-night headline performance at the most famous festival on Earth. The full 21-song performance is released here to celebrate its 25th anniversary, including many of his greatest hits. The sleeve features a photo of Bowie dressed in a frock coat designed by Alexander McQueen with a pattern echoing the famous ‘bipperty-bopperty hat’ worn by David at his Glastonbury Fayre debut in 1971.

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  • North Sea Radio Orchestra  Special Powers  CD 14.99 / LP £25.99
• Special Powers, the fifth studio album from North Sea Radio Orchestra (NSRO), features a mix of songs and instrumentals both large and small from the psych/chamber/folk/pop world that bandleader Craig Fortnam has lived in for a while now. There is a strong emphasis on melody and chord combined with a clear rhythmic sense, a mixed palette of guitars, strings, wind, various keyboard instruments and percussion.

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  • Morgan Wade  The Party Is Over (recovered)  CD £13.99 / LP £25.99
• On The Party Is Over, the follow-up to 2024’s acclaimed Obsessed, Morgan Wade continues the intense exploration of her psyche’s recesses. As ever, the results are thrilling. The album’s title track is a crashing anthem about attraction that lingers long after the intoxicants wear off, while lead single ‘East Coast’ takes those fixations to an extreme in its depiction of a relationship that pushes someone to the edge.

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  • Richard Hawley  Coles Corner  CD £14.99 / LP £31.99 / Limited edition picture disc LP £33.99
• Richard Hawley’s widely revered 2005 album, Coles Corner, gets a special half-speed master edition for its 20th anniversary. Coles Corner was Hawley’s third studio album and his first for Mute Records. After five years of garnering praise for his songwriting talents and heart-melting baritone voice, and steadily building a solid fan base through his outstanding live performances, hard work paid off on an album regarded by many as his best.
• Note: The LP is initially available as a limited-edition ‘zoetrope’ picture disc.

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  • Renée Rapp  Bite Me  CD £13.99 / LP £29.99
• Renée Rapp’s latest album, Bite Me, encourages listeners to embrace every facet of their personality – the chaotic and the confident – and to be authentically, unapologetically themselves. It’s a raw, unfiltered, vulnerable album about self-acceptance in its truest form which, like Rapp herself, creates a community for unfiltered self-expression.
• Note: The LP is initially available on magenta vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.

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  • Travis Roberts  Rebel Rose  CD £13.99 / LP £27.99
• At 24, Texas songwriter Travis Roberts has already battled addiction, buried friends and been homeless. It should be no surprise, then, that he comes out swinging on his blistering debut, Rebel Rose, which blurs the lines between roots, punk, folk and power pop. The writing is visceral and the performances are nothing short of explosive, propelled by a relentless rhythm section, searing guitars and infectious melodic hooks.
• Note: The LP is initially pressed on red vinyl.

 

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Releases for 25 July 2025

25 July’s pop picks open with A Perfect Circle, which presents Gary Numan’s iconic Intruder live show at the OVO Arena, Wembley in May 2022: an electrifying display of innovation, artistry, energy and poignancy and a perfect blend of past and future, darkness and light. The Ks’ second studio album, Pretty on the Internet, follows the breakout success of their debut, and will anchor a rigorous live schedule that will see the band bring their much lauded live show to countless festival main stages. Amazonas finds legendary vibraphonist Cal Tjader deep in his ’70s Brazilian jazz fusion bag, operating at the sonic intersection between Rio and California, with guest performances by Hermeto Pascoal, David Amaro, and Raul De Souza. Now Would Be a Good Time, the debut album from Folk Bitch Trio, tells vivid, visceral stories of young adulthood in the 2020s, told in a funny and darkly ironic manner. Under the Sun, originally released in 2016, draws on the sounds and influences genetically coded in Mark Pritchard’s musical DNA – ambient, nu-wave, avant-garde electronics and folk – but reimagined through an otherworldly filter that cements it firmly in the future.

Our release of the week is Find El Dorado, a deeply personal new album of reinterpretations by Paul Weller of songs that have long lived in the back of his mind – less a covers album and more a map of his emotional and musical DNA.

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  • Paul Weller  Find El Dorado  CD £13.99 / 2-LP £42.99
• Find El Dorado is a deeply personal new album of reinterpretations by Paul Weller of songs that have long lived in the back of his mind and which are now reimagined with fresh meaning and a sense of reverence. This is less a covers album and more a map of his emotional and musical DNA. The album was produced by Steve Cradock and includes guest appearances from Declan O’Rourke, Noel Gallagher, Amelia Coburn, Seckou Keita, Robert Plant and more.
• Note: The LP is pressed on recycled vinyl.

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  • Gary Numan  A Perfect Circle (Live at OVO Wembley Arena)  2-CD + Blu-ray £29.99 / 3-LP £49.99
• Gary Numan’s Intruder live show at the OVO Arena, Wembley in May 2022 is now presented as A Perfect Circle, referencing his return to the legendary venue. The Blu-ray also features a backstage interview with Gary himself. This iconic show was an electrifying display of innovation, artistry, energy and poignancy: a perfect blend of past and future, darkness and light. For those fortunate enough to witness it, the show was a testament to his enduring legacy and a glimpse into the future of live music.

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  • The Ks  Pretty on the Internet  CD £13.99 / LP £27.99
• The Ks’ second studio album, Pretty on the Internet, follows the breakout success of April’s debut LP, I Wonder if the World Knows?, which reached #3 in the UK Official Albums chart. Pretty on the Internet was recorded with Grammy Award winner Jim Lowe (Stereophonics, Nick Cave, Taylor Swift) at venues across the UK and will anchor a rigorous live schedule that will see the band bring their much lauded live show to countless festival main stages, having played to more than 250,000 fans in 2024.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both berry black splatter vinyl.

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  • Cal Tjader  Amazonas  LP £39.99
• Amazonas finds legendary vibraphonist Cal Tjader deep in his ’70s Brazilian jazz fusion bag, operating at the sonic intersection between Rio and California, backed by a pairing of Airto Moreira on production and George Duke on arrangements, with guest performances by Hermeto Pascoal, David Amaro, and Raul De Souza.

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  • Folk Bitch Trio  Now Would Be a Good Time  CD £13.99 / LP £26.99
• Folk Bitch Trio have a shared sense of humour that is embedded deep in their music, and that sets it alight, safe from the self-serious traps of the folk genre. Now Would Be a Good Time, their debut album, tells vivid, visceral stories, and is funny and darkly ironic in the manner of writers like Mary Gaitskill or Otessa Moshfegh. Their music sounds familiar, but the songs are modern, youthful, singing acutely through dissociative daydreams and galling breakups, sexual fantasies and media overload, all the petty resentments and minor humiliations of being in your early twenties in the 2020s.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both Coke-bottle clear vinyl.

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  • Mark Pritchard  Under the Sun  2-LP £34.99
• Following the release of Tall Tales, his new collaborative album with Thom Yorke, comes a welcome 2-LP reissue of Mark Pritchard’s previous solo album, Under the Sun. Originally released in 2016, Under the Sun is one story told in chapters and, as with any good story, the spell is only maintained if you don’t skip to the end. Pritchard, as usual, defies easy categorisation and that gives depth and nuance to this work. He draws on the sounds and influences genetically coded in his musical DNA – ambient, nu-wave, avant-garde electronics and folk – but reimagines them through an otherworldly filter that cements Under the Sun somewhere in the future, rather than the past.

 

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Releases for 18 July 2025

The first of 18 July’s scorchers is You’ll Be Alright, Kid, which shows off Alex Warren’s vocal prowess and evolving sound, bringing his rawest and most authentic energy yet, demonstrating why Warren has won over fans globally. Dog Eared is a warm, rich and textured record: a left turn from Billie Marten, albeit a subtle one, embracing change while staying true to her core self, and her quiet confidence and self-belief put her up there with the great British songwriters. I Beat Loneliness is a return to top form for Bush, delivering a sonic evolution that fuses their signature grunge-laden intensity with bold new textures and very personal themes, imbuing the album with a sense of urgency. After a long legal dispute with Easy Jet and an enforced name change from Easy Life, Onion is the long-awaited return of Hard Life, showcasing a more personal side to frontman Murray Matravers’s storytelling: parting ways with people close to him, moving to Japan and his new creative direction. The first guitar notes on Air Between Us hit like a blast of sea air to the face – in just seconds, you’re soaring, in equal parts under the sky and above the sea – and it’s in this in-between where Coral Grief thrive, as they construct elaborate webs of double meanings.

Our release of the week is Breakthrough, which captures blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa at the height of his creative powers, delivering raw emotion, blistering guitar work and fresh sonic twists. Bonamassa proves yet again that he’s not just keeping the blues alive – he’s driving it into the future.

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  • Joe Bonamassa  Breakthrough  CD £12.99 / LP £28.99
• Breakthrough captures blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa at the height of his creative powers. Expanding his signature sound while staying true to the deep blues roots that launched his storied career, the album promises raw emotion, blistering guitar work and fresh sonic twists. With this album, Joe Bonamassa proves yet again that he’s not just keeping the blues alive – he’s driving it into the future.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both blue marble vinyl.

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  • Alex Warren  You’ll Be Alright, Kid  CD £13.99 / 2-LP £42.99
• You’ll Be Alright, Kid shows off Alex Warren’s vocal prowess and evolving sound, bringing his rawest and most authentic energy yet on tracks such as ‘Carry You Home’ and ‘Burning Down’, along with his earth-shattering smash hit single ‘Ordinary’ and newest release ‘Bloodline (with Jelly Roll)’. Known for his vulnerable pop melodies, passionate vocals and lyrical candour, Warren has won over fans globally with his powerful, personal brand of pop.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both white vinyl.

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  • Billie Marten  Dog Eared  CD £12.99 / LP £24.99
• Dog Eared is a warm, rich and textured record that bristles with confidence and self-belief. Billie Marten is embracing change while staying true to her core self. It’s a left turn from her previous recordings, albeit a subtle one, taken with a deftness of touch. There’s a certain strength of conviction here with which Billie calmly posits herself at the top of the tree of not just British contemporary folk artists but British songwriters at large.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both ‘deep ocean’ vinyl.

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  • Bush  I Beat Loneliness  CD £14.99 / 2-LP £39.99
• I Beat Loneliness sees Bush – frontman Gavin Rossdale along Chris Traynor, Nik Hughes and Corey Britz – returning to top form, delivering a sonic evolution that fuses their signature grunge-laden intensity with bold new textures and themes. Exploring despair, individual struggles and mental health, themes that have become increasingly important for the band, imbues the album with a sense of urgency.

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  • Hard Life  Onion  CD £14.99 / LP £27.99
• After a long legal dispute with Easy Jet and an enforced name change from Easy Life, Onion is the long-awaited return of Hard Life. The new record showcases a more personal side to frontman Murray Matravers’s storytelling and touches on parting ways with a previous band member, the break-up from his long-term partner, his new creative direction, moving to Japan and the fall-out with Easy Jet.
• Note: The LP is initially available on both white vinyl with alternative sleeve artwork.

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  • Coral Grief  Air Between Us  LP £24.99
• The first notes from Sam Fason’s guitar on Air Between Us hit like a blast of sea air to the face. In just seconds, you’re soaring, in equal parts under the sky and above the sea. It’s in this in-between where Coral Grief thrive, as they construct elaborate webs of double meanings across this tribute and eulogy to their city and community. Singer and bassist Lena Farr-Morrissey and Fason are linked by the psychic chemistry that can only be unlocked by playing together for years.

 

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Releases for 11 July 2025

The first of 11 July’s crackers comes from Barry Can’t Swim, one of the most exciting names in electronic music today, whose hotly anticipated second album, Loner, is the sound of the summer 2025: uplifting, joyous and addictive. Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? is the new album from Amy Macdonald, who has achieved huge international success while resolutely doing things her own way, cementing her reputation as a female Springsteen with cross-generational and international appeal. The Legendary Lost Tapes 1969 presents rare recordings, remastered from long-lost tapes and acetates, from blues-driven powerhouse Earth, the year before they became Black Sabbath and developed the heavy metal sound that would change rock music forever. Utopia, the first album that Gwenno has sung predominantly in English after three albums in Welsh and Cornish, presents a very different side to her life and songwriting; with tracks ranging from floor-fillers to piano ballads, this is Gwenno’s finest work to date. Poor Creature’s sound offers something unique in Irish folk music: on All Smiles Tonight there are gauzy, underwater, almost psychedelic seams alongside nods to the influence of American folk/bluegrass acts like Doc Watson and the Louvin Brothers.

Our release of the week is moisturizer, the bold second album from Wet Leg. The band has spent the past few years on the road, evolving into a feral, electrifying live force, and the album brings the bite to their sound: brash guitars, heavy beats and a fearless devotion to feeling everything – all at once.

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  • Wet Leg  moisturizer  CD £10.99 / Cassette £10.99 / LP £23.99 / Clear LP £26.99
• moisturizer is the bold second album from Wet Leg. The band has spent the past few years on the road, evolving into a feral, electrifying live force, and this record captures that energy, delivering a sound that’s tighter, bolder and more self-assured, yet still brimming with the same quick wit and raw, unrefined energy. While their 2022 debut topped charts and earned Grammy wins, moisturizer brings the bite: brash guitars, heavy beats and a fearless devotion to feeling everything – all at once.
• Note: The LP is initially available on white and black marble vinyl.

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  • Barry Can’t Swim  Loner  CD £11.99 / LP £25.99 / Colour LP £26.99
• Barry Can’t Swim’s rise has been nothing short of meteoric. Following the success of his debut album, When Will We Land?, Barry has continued to solidify himself as one of the most exciting names in electronic music today. His hotly anticipated second album, Loner, is the sound of the summer 2025: uplifting, joyous and addictive.
• Note: The LP is initially available on red and gold ‘ink spot’ vinyl.

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  • Amy Macdonald  Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?  CD £13.99 / LP £27.99
• Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? is the new album from Amy Macdonald, who has achieved huge international success while resolutely doing things her own way. World tours in front of 5 million people, over a billion streams, two #1 albums in the UK, six million album sales and the landmark hit ‘This Is The Life’, which topped the charts in ten countries and had a TikTok viral resurgence in 2023 with hundreds of thousands of creations bringing her to a new audience. She has cemented her reputation as a female Springsteen with cross-generational and international appeal.

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  • Earth  The Legendary Lost Tapes 1969  CD £15.99 / LP £29.99
• Before they became Black Sabbath, the Birmingham quartet were known as Earth – a blues-driven powerhouse already making a name for themselves in the late ’60s. The Legendary Lost Tapes 1969 presents rare recordings from that era, remastered from long-lost tapes and acetates. Featuring previously unheard tracks, demos and alternative takes, the collection captures Earth’s evolution as they pushed toward the heavy metal sound that would soon change rock music forever.

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  • Gwenno  Utopia  CD £12.99 /  £24.99
• Utopia, the first album that Gwenno has sung predominantly in English after three albums in Welsh and Cornish, presents a very different side to her life and songwriting. On the new album, she focuses on the now, capturing a time of self-determination and experimentation. The songs range from floor-fillers to piano ballads, with contributions from Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline, and encompass William Blake, a favourite Edrica Huws poem and the Number 73 bus. Utopia is her finest work to date.

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  • Poor Creature  All Smiles Tonight  CD £12.99 / LP £23.99
• Poor Creature is Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody, (members of Landless and Lankum, respectively), who have built a large following by re-interpreting songs from the past. But Poor Creature’s sound offers something unique: on All Smiles Tonight there’s the gauzy, underwater, almost psychedelic seams of ‘Bury Me Not’ and ‘Adieu Lovely Erin’, while ‘All Smiles Tonight’ and ‘Hicks’ Farewell’ nod to the influence of American folk/bluegrass acts like Doc Watson and the Louvin Brothers.

 

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Releases for 4 July 2025

The first of 4 July’s hot six is Night Mirror, a stunning collection of 10 brand-new songs suffused with optimism and loosely bound by themes of reflection and rebirth from Claudia Brücken, one the most influential and inspiring female musicians of her generation. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, The Sisters of Mercy’s classic 1985 debut, First and Last and Always, is being reissued on red/black marble vinyl – unequalled in the Goth genre, it has been copied to death but its brilliance has never been replicated. Mercury and Brit-nominated Kae Tempest’s fifth studio album, Self Titled, features Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers and is co-produced by Fraser T Smith and Tempest. Mercury Rev’s critically acclaimed 1991 debut album, Yerself Is Steam, is being reissued in a gatefold pack with the Car Wash Hair EP; this pair of releases propelled them into the public consciousness and kickstarted their decades-long career. And The Country Side of Paul Carrack Volume 1 contains a great selection of country standards delivered in Carrack’s inimitable style, backed by the cream of Nashville session musicians.

Our release of the week comes from Rival Consoles, aka Ryan Lee West, who has released a wandering collection of synth-sculpted albums that explore a myriad of different styles and aesthetics – but always with human emotion as their lodestar. Ninth studio album Landscape from Memory finally blossomed following a frustrating fallow year away from the production desk.

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  • Rival Consoles  Landscape from Memory  CD £15.99 / LP £37.99
• Rival Consoles, aka producer and musician Ryan Lee West, has been concurrently in the foreground and background of electronic music since the late-’00s, including Black Mirror soundtracks, selling out major venues and logging an expansive, wandering collection of synth-sculpted albums that explore a myriad of different styles and aesthetics – but always with human emotion as their lodestar. Ninth studio album Landscape from Memory finally blossomed following a frustrating fallow year away from the production desk. clear

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  • Claudia Brücken  Night Mirror  CD £16.99 / LP £29.99
• Having first come to notice as the lead singer of Düsseldorf electronic music pioneers Propaganda, Claudia Brücken’s striking image and distinctive vocals made her one the most influential and inspiring female musicians of her generation. Night Mirror, written and recorded in London between 2023–25 with long-time collaborator John Williams, is a stunning collection of 10 brand-new songs suffused with optimism and loosely bound by themes of reflection and rebirth. dark cherry

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  • The Sisters of Mercy  First and Last and Always  LP £29.99
• To celebrate its 40th anniversary, The Sisters of Mercy’s debut album, First and Last and Always, is being reissued on red/black marble vinyl. This 1985 classic remains unequalled in the Goth genre, permanently granted top place on a pedestal from which it cannot be toppled. From the opening claustrophobia of ‘Black Planet’ to the closing epic ‘Some Kind of Stranger’, First and Last and Always has been copied to death, but its brilliance has never been replicated. red/black marble

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  • Kae Tempest  Kae Tempest  CD £13.99 / LP £27.99 / Orange LP £29.99
• Mercury and Brit-nominated Kae Tempest’s fifth studio album, Self Titled, features Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers and is co-produced by Fraser T Smith and Tempest. orange

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  • Mercury Rev  Yerself Is Steam + Car Wash Hair  2-CD £12.99 / 2-LP £33.99
• Mercury Rev’s critically acclaimed 1991 debut is being reissued in a gatefold pack with their debut 12" EP. The album, Yerself Is Steam, was a critical success and was quickly followed by the Car Wash Hair EP. The reaction to these releases persuaded the band to perform their very first live gigs – their third gig was on the main stage at Reading Festival and their fourth was supporting Bob Dylan – an auspicious start to their decades-long career. limited edition orange

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  • Paul Carrack  The Country Side of Paul Carrack Volume 1   CD £12.99 / LP £25.99
• The Country Side of Paul Carrack Volume 1 is a brand-new studio album recorded in Nashville with the help of the cream of local session musicians. The album contains a great selection of country standards delivered in Paul Carrack’s inimitable style.

 

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